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THE GALWAY Arts Centre will continue to bring Galwegians challenging artworks and exhibitions throughout 2009 and its spring programme will focus on solo exhibitions by Irish and other northern European artists.

I attended the official opening of the new section of the River Nore Linear Park that stretches from Riverside Drive to Talbots Inch last Monday.

What a week it’s been...

You will be glad to hear that the whole world is not in recession. As you know, the UAE’s main income has been oil and with a surge in oil prices since 2001, Dubai and the Gulf states have benefited enormously. So much so that Dubai is currently constructing 230 tower blocks in Business Bay, the Manhattan of Dubai, one of which is the tallest tower block in the world, standing at 180 floors. Phases two and three of International City will accommodate and service a population of over one million. Dubailand has 16 theme parks and is set to be three times larger than Disneyworld in Florida.

IN 2007 the Galway based artist Aideen Barry visited NASA, she was able to see the new technologies it is developing, and experience zero-gravity.

Sunway Holidays will operate a new charter holiday flights series from Ireland West Knock to Lanzarote commencing on June 12 next. Flights will operate on a weekly basis every Friday from June 12 through to October 30. Lanzarote has been a very popular destination for west of Ireland holidaymakers and Ireland West Airport is pleased to announce the re-instatement of Lanzarote to the airport’s range of holiday destinations in 2009.

An elderly priest originally from near Johnstown in County Kilkenny wept in a West Palm Beach Court in Florida as he heard that he was to be jailed for 14 months for misappropriating millions of dollars from a parish in the United States.

Leenavesta is a serenely beautiful townland nestled at the foot of the Sheaffrey Hills between the well known towns of Westport and Louisbourg. Croagh Patrick stands guard to the north and the Owenmore River threads its way though the valley as it flows down to join the Erriff. This is superb fishing country. Salmon, brown trout, and sea trout are the main quarry, but the sea angler also has Clew Bay, famous for its beauty and its international sea angling competition, within a few minutes’ drive.

AN elderly Kilkenny priest sentenced to prison in Florida for stealing more than $100,000 from his parish is suicidal, a court heard last night as he appealed to allowed to serve out his sentence at home.

Plans to forge commercial links between the Atlantic Way region and one of the most successful business areas in the world have been announced. The Atlantic Way, a pioneering organisation comprising key-decision makers in the West, will host an important delegation from the Jacksonville/Northeast Florida business community from June 18-20.